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The Kennedy Center board has filed an emergency motion to stay at the DC Circuit and it is bonkity-bonkers.For the first time, they say they amended the bylaws to strip all funding from the center if it removes Trump's name.No Trump KC, no money.
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The USMNT opened its World Cup campaign in front of a packed house at SoFi Stadium. The Athletic
By Henry Bushnell
June 12, 2026 Updated 10:44 pm EDT
The Athletic has live coverage of at the
After months of concern about overpriced tickets and slow sales, SoFi Stadium was mostly full for the United States’ World Cup opener vs. Paraguay on Friday.
It filled hours before kickoff with the red, white and blue of both countries. The crowd, most of them U.S. fans, started filing in four hours before kickoff, and filled the building with noise.
When the game began, there was still a smattering of empty seats in some sections, but no big gaps in a stadium that will hold 70,492 people for World Cup matches. And the crowd was raucous, chanting “U-S-A, U-S-A,” and erupted when the U.S. scored an early goal. FIFA later announced an official attendance of 70,492, a sellout.
Although there were thousands of tickets still available in the weeks leading up to the match, tickets filtered to resale sites, where prices fell; many fans told The Athletic they bought at their tickets at the last minute at prices that were significantly lower than FIFA’s original prices.
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Why World Cup attendance figures don’t match the empty seats fans see
The announcement of official attendances does not always tally with what we can see with our own eyes. This is why
FIFA, which runs the World Cup and its ticketing process, initially priced the match as the third-most expensive of the entire tournament, behind only the final and one semifinal. Category 1 tickets, in the 100 and 200 levels, went on sale for $2,735. Category 2 seats, in the upper decks with decent views, were $1,940. Category 3 seats were $1,120.
At those prices, the tickets did not sell as well as expected. They were plentifully available in every sales phase. According to a planning document dated April 10, and reported by The Athletic, FIFA had sold around 10,000 fewer tickets to U.S.-Paraguay than to the Iran-New Zealand match three days later at the same stadium.
With two weeks to go, there were still thousands of tickets available, and only a few dozen were selling per day on FIFA’s primary ticketing platform. Then, many of those tickets disappeared, and some appeared in bunches on resale sites at significantly lower prices.
The USMNT kicked off its World Cup in front of a nearly full house in Inglewood, California.The Athletic
By Friday morning, on FIFA’s official resale platform, Category 1 tickets were selling for less than $1,150, more than twice as cheap as FIFA’s original price and roughly the same as FIFA’s upper-deck Category 3 price.
At times over the past week, the cheapest Category 2 tickets available on the resale marketplace dipped under $700, around 36 percent of FIFA’s original price.
On Sunday, there were still listings of around 10,000 tickets to the match across various major resale sites, including FIFA’s.
Over the four days that followed, many of those tickets went off the market. By matchday morning, there were fewer than 1,300 tickets listed on FIFA’s site.
Upon arrival at SoFi Stadium on Friday, The Athletic spoke with several fans who said they had bought their tickets less than a week before the match for less than half of FIFA’s original price.
Giovanni De Anda, a lifelong soccer fan from nearby Monrovia, Calif., said he tracked prices for weeks, watched them fall, and bought a Category 1 ticket — in the 200 level behind one goal — for $1,026 last Saturday, six days before the match.
Others said they bought tickets for similar prices on SeatGeek and other resale sites.
Jose and Andrew Coreas, a father and son, said they purchased two tickets in section 220 on Thursday, the day before the match, for around $1,300 apiece.
Ticketing and prices have been subjects of unending controversy for months leading into this World Cup. Attendance, therefore, will be the next stage of the saga.
Yes, the first World Cup game at SoFi Stadium between the U.S. and Paraguay officially sold out, with FIFA announcing an attendance of 70,492
USMNT defies ticket sales concerns, opens its World Cup in near-full SoFi Stadium
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The USMNT opened its World Cup campaign in front of a packed house at SoFi Stadium. The Athletic
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By Henry Bushnell
June 12, 2026 Updated 10:44 pm EDT
The Athletic has live coverage of at the
After months of concern about overpriced tickets and slow sales, SoFi Stadium was mostly full for the United States’ World Cup opener vs. Paraguay on Friday.
It filled hours before kickoff with the red, white and blue of both countries. The crowd, most of them U.S. fans, started filing in four hours before kickoff, and filled the building with noise.
When the game began, there was still a smattering of empty seats in some sections, but no big gaps in a stadium that will hold 70,492 people for World Cup matches. And the crowd was raucous, chanting “U-S-A, U-S-A,” and erupted when the U.S. scored an early goal. FIFA later announced an official attendance of 70,492, a sellout.
Although there were thousands of tickets still available in the weeks leading up to the match, tickets filtered to resale sites, where prices fell; many fans told The Athletic they bought at their tickets at the last minute at prices that were significantly lower than FIFA’s original prices.
What You Should Read Next
You must log in or register to see images
Why World Cup attendance figures don’t match the empty seats fans see
The announcement of official attendances does not always tally with what we can see with our own eyes. This is why
FIFA, which runs the World Cup and its ticketing process, initially priced the match as the third-most expensive of the entire tournament, behind only the final and one semifinal. Category 1 tickets, in the 100 and 200 levels, went on sale for $2,735. Category 2 seats, in the upper decks with decent views, were $1,940. Category 3 seats were $1,120.
At those prices, the tickets did not sell as well as expected. They were plentifully available in every sales phase. According to a planning document dated April 10, and reported by The Athletic, FIFA had sold around 10,000 fewer tickets to U.S.-Paraguay than to the Iran-New Zealand match three days later at the same stadium.
With two weeks to go, there were still thousands of tickets available, and only a few dozen were selling per day on FIFA’s primary ticketing platform. Then, many of those tickets disappeared, and some appeared in bunches on resale sites at significantly lower prices.
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The USMNT kicked off its World Cup in front of a nearly full house in Inglewood, California.The Athletic
By Friday morning, on FIFA’s official resale platform, Category 1 tickets were selling for less than $1,150, more than twice as cheap as FIFA’s original price and roughly the same as FIFA’s upper-deck Category 3 price.
At times over the past week, the cheapest Category 2 tickets available on the resale marketplace dipped under $700, around 36 percent of FIFA’s original price.
On Sunday, there were still listings of around 10,000 tickets to the match across various major resale sites, including FIFA’s.
Over the four days that followed, many of those tickets went off the market. By matchday morning, there were fewer than 1,300 tickets listed on FIFA’s site.
Upon arrival at SoFi Stadium on Friday, The Athletic spoke with several fans who said they had bought their tickets less than a week before the match for less than half of FIFA’s original price.
Giovanni De Anda, a lifelong soccer fan from nearby Monrovia, Calif., said he tracked prices for weeks, watched them fall, and bought a Category 1 ticket — in the 200 level behind one goal — for $1,026 last Saturday, six days before the match.
Others said they bought tickets for similar prices on SeatGeek and other resale sites.
Jose and Andrew Coreas, a father and son, said they purchased two tickets in section 220 on Thursday, the day before the match, for around $1,300 apiece.
Ticketing and prices have been subjects of unending controversy for months leading into this World Cup. Attendance, therefore, will be the next stage of the saga.
Yes, the first World Cup game at SoFi Stadium between the U.S. and Paraguay officially sold out, with FIFA announcing an attendance of 70,492
Only a stupid old fool would fall for fake news,I feel sorry for those so Brainwashed they fall for any old democrat trick
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Only fools for such fake news....fools like you. People want rid of the orange clown.
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Trump name on Kennedy Center: Crowd chants for workers to 'take it down' after clock hits midnight
As the crowd chanted..."take it down, take it down..."
Trump is the most hated president ever in US politics.
You gullible old fart thick as a dockers sandwich and as welcome as a turd in a swimming pool
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Other candidates for most hated in the US at some point in time- Truman, Nixon, Carter, Buchanan, Roosevelt, Lincoln, and likely more.
You need to broaden your perspective. The whole Orange Man Bad myopia seemingly blinds you to the flaws in the Progressive positions- but then again, you may think that all of the Democrat actions are flawless (e,g, Obamacare which made no effort to address the structural problems in the US health system and simply added another layer of administration and cost to a structure which is rapidly becoming utterly unaffordable.
Perhaps you feel that the failing health systems of Canada and the UK are exemplars? Have you ever read any of the McKinsey healthcare insight reports, for example? If not, at the best you are ill informed, and at the worst you are willfully ignorant). I could go on and on and on, but all you really care about is Orange Man Bad, so what's the point.
i put him on ignore many years ago. I would advise anyone to do the same.
Elon just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day.
400 of them are now worth over $100 million.
These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff, because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries.
Juan Hernandez immigrated from Mexico and took a $28 an hour contractor welding job in 2015. He says he didn't even know what SpaceX was. The company gave him a $10,000 equity grant and let him buy more shares through payroll deductions. That stake is now worth $880,000.
Trevor Hise's parents wanted him to take a stable job at General Electric. He picked SpaceX instead, stayed 12 years, and accumulated over 100,000 shares. At the $135 listing price that's $13.5 million. He's 37 and semiretired. His words: "The magnitude of this has been ridiculous."
The most telling detail came before the listing. Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before.
Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.
For someone who is supposed to be a nasty fascist this is closer to communism than any communists get.
400 of them are now worth over $100 million.
These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff, because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries.
Juan Hernandez immigrated from Mexico and took a $28 an hour contractor welding job in 2015. He says he didn't even know what SpaceX was. The company gave him a $10,000 equity grant and let him buy more shares through payroll deductions. That stake is now worth $880,000.
Trevor Hise's parents wanted him to take a stable job at General Electric. He picked SpaceX instead, stayed 12 years, and accumulated over 100,000 shares. At the $135 listing price that's $13.5 million. He's 37 and semiretired. His words: "The magnitude of this has been ridiculous."
The most telling detail came before the listing. Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before.
Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.
For someone who is supposed to be a nasty fascist this is closer to communism than any communists get.
A World Cup weather report from North Carolina. Greensboro/Winston Salem have had temperatures of about 99-102F for the last few days, which is a tad warm even for us.
Local TV stations have video of Haaland and Odegaard training in Greensboro.
Quite the baptism of fire.
Local TV stations have video of Haaland and Odegaard training in Greensboro.
Quite the baptism of fire.
Yes, but a worker would have to work for A MILLION YEARS to earn what he is worth. This is UNFAIR. (Elizabeth Warren D, Massachusetts US senator, also known as fauxahontas (amongst others) because she claimed North American Indian heritage, falsely, to gain DEI privileges).
But the Dems NEVER lie.
The greatest entrepreneur ever and all the Dems see is a reason for envy and denigration.
It would be like a million chimpanzees coming up with Shakespeare- put a million workers in a collective and see how many Paypals, or Teslas, or SpaceXs or Boring Companies, or new AIs and robots etc. etc. they would come up with.
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